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2015-08-27, 08:58 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Digital PDF versions of Dungeon Crawlin' Fools, On the Origin of PCs now on sale!
Yeah, I got nothing at all, and I did check my spam folder, nothing there either. My credit card did successfully get charged though, so the transaction did go through. I guess I'll try emailing Gumroad and seeing if they can do anything.
Thanks everyone for your help
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2015-08-27, 09:13 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Digital PDF versions of Dungeon Crawlin' Fools, On the Origin of PCs now on sale!
Email may usually work nearly instantaneously, but there's no actual guarantee of that in its design specification. It's rare, but I have had emails take multiple hours to arrive before.
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2015-08-27, 09:48 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Digital PDF versions of Dungeon Crawlin' Fools, On the Origin of PCs now on sale!
YES. Instant purchase Book 0 - international postage has previously been too much for me. Will be getting Book 1 next month
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2015-08-27, 10:01 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Digital PDF versions of Dungeon Crawlin' Fools, On the Origin of PCs now on sale!
Just purchased both of them. No problems, got the emails within 1 minute each and the downloads completed within a couple of minutes to Australia.
I'd like to say that I think this is a great idea. I do understand the risk that Rich is taking that some people will make these available through peer to peer networks, but I think it's a risk worth taking and I applaud Rich for this new option.
I already have all the books in paper form (2 copies of "Start of Darkness" as I was lucky enough to get one of the "patience for a signed book" packages back in the kick starter drive). But it's really worthwhile to me having the .pdfs.
First, I want to support Rich's efforts and ensure that this story can be told all the way to the conclusion. I've been reading for about 5 years and now have a lot of emotional investment in the characters and the narrative.
Second, I really like having an offline copy on my phone, because I fly a lot for work and also use metro trains a lot where I often don't have 3G/4G signal. I did think about downloading each comic off the website and putting it on a local file app on my iPhone.. but I wasn't quite sure if that was OK from a copyright perspective and in any case, it would be a LOT of work.
I love this great new option for having the comics available for offline use on my phone. I like .pdf as it's so cross platform and flexible. I almost never download DRM infested media. I've never bought a single song or video from iTunes, even though I have an iPhone. The reason is that I want cross platform support and flexibility. These .pdf options are perfect.
If someone wanted to abuse these .pdfs, they could, by using a "disposable" email. But equally, they could download each graphic from the website and then scan in the bonus material from the physical books. I think that most of the people inclined to buy these .pdfs would still buy them honestly, to support Rich, even if they could download them from peer to peer locations. I know I would.
Thanks again Rich for a great story that continues to surprise me. Although I dread the day that OOTS does come to an end, the journey there has been great and continues to be very enjoyable.Last edited by lothos; 2015-08-27 at 10:04 PM. Reason: Corrected paragraph order and added 1 more comment.
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2015-08-27, 10:17 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Digital PDF versions of Dungeon Crawlin' Fools, On the Origin of PCs now on sale!
Completely irrelevant story time!
Back like, 7 years ago or so, I was looking around in a Best Buy and saw the perfect birthday present for my best freind's girlfriend (now wife) - a vinyl record of the Police. It was her favorite band, and while I'm sure she had most, if not all, of their music digitally, and this gift would effectively force them to buy a record player, a rather large part of why I bought it was the very, very big sticker on the shrink wrap that proclaimed, "DRM FREE!"
Advertising works wonders, if you know what aspect to advertise. Whoever came up with that idea deserved their cut of the twenty bucks.Cuthalion's art is the prettiest art of all the art. Like my avatar.
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2015-08-27, 10:20 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Digital PDF versions of Dungeon Crawlin' Fools, On the Origin of PCs now on sale!
Not really, unless they can also use a disposable credit card, and therefore bank account - the money has to come from somewhere, even if you pay through "[email protected]". As to the feasibility of it, I would hope that as well as the visible watermark on page one, they used steganography to place invisible watermarks in other places, just in case.
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2015-08-27, 10:30 PM (ISO 8601)
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Last edited by Peelee; 2015-08-27 at 10:31 PM.
Cuthalion's art is the prettiest art of all the art. Like my avatar.
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2015-08-27, 10:30 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Digital PDF versions of Dungeon Crawlin' Fools, On the Origin of PCs now on sale!
Yes, that's correct.
Eventually, when the current supplies of paper DCF copies runs out and I need to reprint, I will reprint this version—with the updated fonts and the extra essay—rather than the old one. However, we are likely years away from running out, and given that I know I've just reduced demand for the print version by putting the digital version on sale, we may never run out while the comic is still going.Rich Burlew
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2015-08-27, 10:32 PM (ISO 8601)
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Folks, please do not discuss how to defeat the only anti-piracy measure I put on there. I don't want to give anyone any ideas.
Rich Burlew
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2015-08-28, 12:08 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Digital PDF versions of Dungeon Crawlin' Fools, On the Origin of PCs now on sale!
Here's something -- because this version is PDF, rather than an image, it makes it possible to read text that was obscured in the original. For instance, Vaarsuvius's speech in #10.
Edit: Hm, apparently this applies only to Dungeon Crawlin' Fools, not OtOoPCs. The latter doesn't seem to have any of its text storted as text in the PDF outside of the preface and such.Last edited by Sniffnoy; 2015-08-28 at 02:08 AM.
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2015-08-28, 03:31 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Digital PDF versions of Dungeon Crawlin' Fools, On the Origin of PCs now on sale!
Have you considered selling "Ten Years of Crawlin'," for a humble price? Like $1 or $2 or something? I already have all the paperbacks, so I don't really feel motivated to shell out $15 just for an article, but I'd like to read the article.
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2015-08-28, 03:47 AM (ISO 8601)
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2015-08-28, 04:19 AM (ISO 8601)
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The only thing I can think of (and it would only work if Gumroad has a feature that allows it) would be, for future books only, having a code given to each buyer that they can use to get the book they just bought as a pdf for a reduced price. That implies knowing for sure the book will be released as a pdf at some point though, and wouldn't be retroactive for people who already bought print books. It also sounds like a huge hassle. (Actually come to think of it, previous orders made through ookoodook could probably be tracked as well, and codes emailed for those as well. Still seems to early to worry about it, and probably too much work).
I'm excited about this. I'm not sure if I'll ever buy those, I tend to prefer paper versions, but I may. They're pretty cheap. I'm extremely stoked that the PDF may means an eventual release in other languages would be easier down the line, since there may be no printing costs involved if you decided to release them in PDF form first (or only). Although of course, it may still not be worth it depending on demand, and you'd still have translation-related costs (even though some of your fans are professional translators, you may not accept a free service for a variety of reasons), and at any rate it may make more sense not to even think about it until the whole story is over (you've got enough on your plate). But still, excited that it may be a little bit more likely in the future than it has been.
I'm hoping that a large portion of the people who love the comic and read it online but haven't purchased the books will get at least OtOoPCs, which until now wasn't available digitally anywhere at all. My gut tells me it will sell better than DCFs. My gut has been knows to lie to me, though, so who knows.
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2015-08-28, 07:29 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Digital PDF versions of Dungeon Crawlin' Fools, On the Origin of PCs now on sale!
I'm a happy owner of all the dead Durkon arch-enemy versions of the books, Giant-signed and doodled on c/o the Kickstarter.
Here's my question. To GIFT these to someone, I just buy them again and enter my giftee's email? I'm assuming that will (a) put their email address on the book cover, and (b) send them the download link. If that's how it goes, I should warn them to look out for emails from Gumroad in their mailbox and spambox?
Struggling with getting them for myself too, because gotta have 'em digitally as well. It's not like I've never double-dipped on Star Wars Blu-rays, or compilation CDs...
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2015-08-28, 07:57 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Digital PDF versions of Dungeon Crawlin' Fools, On the Origin of PCs now on sale!
Yes, you could definitely do that, though as you say, make sure they know to look for the email immediately or they might miss it. I don't know if there's a way to retrieve a download link if they accidentally delete the email. I guess we'll all find out together when someone does it by accident.
Rich Burlew
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2015-08-28, 08:00 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Digital PDF versions of Dungeon Crawlin' Fools, On the Origin of PCs now on sale!
Hm, Giant, for the sake of completeness, I'd suggest you add a link to Gumroad in the "Shop" section?
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2015-08-28, 08:18 AM (ISO 8601)
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Excellent news! :-D
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2015-08-28, 09:20 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Digital PDF versions of Dungeon Crawlin' Fools, On the Origin of PCs now on sale!
Is there any way to get the retrospective essay without dropping another $15 on a book I already own? I don't intend to pirate it, but I do kind of want to read it.
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2015-08-28, 09:35 AM (ISO 8601)
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Thank you very much!
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2015-08-28, 10:10 AM (ISO 8601)
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Edit: Question asked-and-answered in the original post, yay reading!
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2015-08-28, 10:18 AM (ISO 8601)
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2015-08-28, 10:18 AM (ISO 8601)
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2015-08-28, 10:26 AM (ISO 8601)
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Like so.
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2015-08-28, 10:39 AM (ISO 8601)
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2015-08-28, 11:02 AM (ISO 8601)
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2015-08-28, 11:02 AM (ISO 8601)
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2015-08-28, 11:17 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Digital PDF versions of Dungeon Crawlin' Fools, On the Origin of PCs now on sale!
I never bought the hard copies exactly because I abhor physical objects at this point in life. One, they take up room I don't have, and two, save the trees.
I am so, so, so, so happy that these are finally being released in digital format. It allows me to read those books that aren't part of the main comic, which I never had a chance to do before. It also allows me to support you when I wasn't willing, or able, to before. Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!-Draz
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2015-08-28, 11:34 AM (ISO 8601)
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Great stuff.
Already have them both in paper form, but these are much better. Would love to have a full set in PDF on my iPad.
*Publish, Publish, Publish, Publish, the rest of the books on PDF*Real Life? - so what is that then?
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2015-08-28, 11:37 AM (ISO 8601)
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At least for me, I can just click the links in your OP that I used to purchase them and download them from there, the same as if I had downloaded them from the email. I assume they have some way of remembering whether or not you have purchased a given PDF on a specific computer.
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2015-08-28, 11:57 AM (ISO 8601)
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If you buy both it produces a Tweet that is too long and a Facebook link which is 'Gumroad - 404'.
I fixed the first of those but not the second.
Fortunately, the books are awesome. Can we download a second time please - so I can have a copy on my iPad and one on my PC?Real Life? - so what is that then?